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The Earth’s past shows the key role of CO₂ on climate for 4.45 billion years, and how human industrial activity has disrupted its cycle at an unprecedented rate over the past 160 years.
Fourier’s discoveries can still be felt in modern-day radiology, climate science and physics.
The 2016 bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef was the worst on record. Now a new analysis points the finger squarely at human-induced warming, and warns that the entire reef’s future is at stake.
By capturing Arctic methane emissions, the gas industry could join the fight against climate change.
The planet is more similar to Earth than any other – except when it comes to supporting life.
The sun is more powerful today than when we last had similar levels of carbon in the atmosphere.
Some atomic ratio detective work on our solar system neighbors tells us a lot about their watery pasts. That Venus and Mars are mostly dry now could be a cautionary tale for us on the Blue Planet.
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ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Climate Science, ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, The University of Melbourne
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Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO
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Professor of Climate Science, University of Bristol
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Research Fellow in Coral Reef Monitoring and Reef Health Appraisal, Australian National University
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Professor of Isotope Geochemistry, University of Southampton
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Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University
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Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Australian National University
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Lillian Gilbreth Postdoctoral Fellow, Purdue University
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Professor of Ocean and Climate Dynamics, University of Tasmania
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Professor, UNSW
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Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Research Fellow, Stockholm Environment Institute York Centre, University of York
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Lecturer in Geomicrobiology, The University of Melbourne
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ARC DECRA Fellow, UNSW